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What type of shot is taken from directly above the subject?
What type of shot is taken from directly above the subject?
What is the term for moving the camera horizontally while keeping its base fixed?
What is the term for moving the camera horizontally while keeping its base fixed?
What is the term for moving the entire camera forwards and backwards?
What is the term for moving the entire camera forwards and backwards?
What type of shot makes the subject appear weak or vulnerable?
What type of shot makes the subject appear weak or vulnerable?
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What shot is used to quickly provide visual information necessary to understand the meaning of a scene?
What shot is used to quickly provide visual information necessary to understand the meaning of a scene?
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What type of shot is often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting?
What type of shot is often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting?
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What is the term for moving the camera vertically up or down while it is fixed in one location?
What is the term for moving the camera vertically up or down while it is fixed in one location?
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What type of shot frames the subject from the knees up?
What type of shot frames the subject from the knees up?
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What type of shot tightly frames a person or object to highlight details?
What type of shot tightly frames a person or object to highlight details?
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What type of shot shows a scene from the perspective of a character?
What type of shot shows a scene from the perspective of a character?
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What type of shot shows a figure's entire body in order to show action?
What type of shot shows a figure's entire body in order to show action?
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What type of shot is often used in dialogue scenes to show both characters?
What type of shot is often used in dialogue scenes to show both characters?
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What type of code involves the use of equipment to tell a story in media?
What type of code involves the use of equipment to tell a story in media?
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What is the study of signs and symbols in media called?
What is the study of signs and symbols in media called?
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What type of code uses language style and textual layout?
What type of code uses language style and textual layout?
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What is an example of a symbolic code?
What is an example of a symbolic code?
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What is an example of a technical code in film?
What is an example of a technical code in film?
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What is the purpose of codes in media?
What is the purpose of codes in media?
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Study Notes
Camera Shots
- Extreme Long Shot: a view of a situation or setting from a distance, also known as Extreme Wide Shot
- Long Shot: shows a group of people in interaction with each other, frames the subject from the knees up
- Medium Long Shot: frames the subject from the knees up
- Full Shot: a view of a figure's entire body in order to show action
- Medium Shot: also known as the Waist Shot, frames the subject from the waist up
- Medium Close Shot: shows a subject down to his/her chest or waist
- Close Up Shot: tightly frames a person or object, often used to highlight details
- Extreme Close Up Shot: a shot of a hand, eye, mouth or any object in detail
- Establishing Shot: often used at the beginning of a scene to indicate the location or setting, usually a long shot taken from a neutral position
- Point of View Shot: shows a scene from the perspective of a character
- Over the Shoulder Shot: often used in dialogue scenes, a frontal view of a dialogue partner from the perspective of someone standing behind and slightly to the side of the other partner
- Reaction Shot: a short shot of a character's response to an action
- Insert Shot: a detail shot that quickly gives visual information necessary to understand the meaning of a scene
- Reverse-Angle Shot: a shot from the opposite perspective
Camera Angles
- Aerial Shot: a long or extreme long shot of the ground from the air, also known as Bird's Eye Shot
- High-Angle Shot: makes the subject look weak or vulnerable
- Low-Angle Shot: empowers the subject, shows people or objects from below, lower than eye level
- Eye-Level Shot: views a subject from the level of a person's eye
Camera Movements
- Pan: moving the camera horizontally, either left to right or right to left, while its base is fixated on a certain point
- Tilt: moving the camera vertically, up to down or down to up, while its base is fixated to a certain point
- Pedestal: moving the camera vertically up or down while it is fixated in one location
- Dolly: moving the entire camera forwards and backwards, typically on some sort of track
- Tracking: the same as dollying, only moving the camera from left to right instead of in and out
Media and Information Languages
- Language: the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way
- Media Languages: codes, conventions, formats, symbols, and narrative structure that indicate the meaning of media messages to an audience
- Signs and Symbols: polysemic, meaning they can have multiple meanings
- Codes: systems of signs that when put together create meaning
- Types of Codes:
- Symbolic Codes: iconic symbols that are easily understood
- Written Codes: use of language style and textual layout
- Technical Codes: ways in which equipment is used to tell the story
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Test your knowledge of different camera shots used in film making, including extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close up shot, and more. Learn about the different types of shots and how they are used to frame subjects and scenes.
